# Miss Paraíba

Miss Paraíba is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Paraíba at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1955 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990–1991, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2019, the State director for Miss Paraíba is Beto Ferraz. Paraíba still has yet to win a crown in the national contest.

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Brazil:
* 1st Runner-Up:
* 2nd Runner-Up:
* 3rd Runner-Up: Virgínia Helena Gomes da Silva (1981)
* 4th Runner-Up: Roberta Moreira da Silva (1986); Amélia Augusta da Cruz Fonsêca (1989); Natália Taveira Mota Alves (2010)
* Top 5/Top 8/Top 9:
* Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Patrícia Moreira da Silva (1985); Cláudia Maria Pessoa Jardim (1987); Madeleine de Vasconcelos Braga (1988); Fabiana Pirro Tavares de Lima (1992); Humberlena de Albuquerque Chacon (1994); Carolina Thaís Muller (1997); Ariádine Maroja Bezerra de Albuquerque (2015)
* Top 15/Top 16: Flora Alexandre Meira Costa (2009); Ana Carla Medeiros (2018); Kennya Araújo da Silva (2019); Joyce Sthephanny Freitas (2022)

### Special Awards

* Miss BrasilTur by Danilo Avila
3rd Runner-Up: Vanessa de Souza/ Vanessa Abreu (2001)
* Miss Congeniality: Maria do Socorro Costa Alves (1969); Geusa Maria Moreira de Azevedo (1982); Maria do Socorro Braga de Lira (1984); Patrícia Moreira da Silva (1985); Janalívia do Nascimento Carneiro (1995); Kayonara Walleska de Macêdo (2008)
* Best State Costume: Cleide Lira Pedrosa (1965)

## Titleholders

| Year | Name | Age | Height | Represented | Miss Brazil placement | Notes |
| Miss Universe Paraíba |||||||
| 2023 | Ana Vitória Jacinto Araújo | 24 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Pocinhos | | |
| 2022 | Joyce Sthephanny Freitas | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Solânea | Top 16 | |
| 2021 | Maria Beatriz Monteiro Gomes | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Patos | | |
| U Miss Paraíba 2020 and Miss Paraíba Be Emotion 2020 |||||||
| 2020 | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed. |
| Miss Paraíba Be Emotion |||||||
| 2019 | Kennya Araújo da Silva | 26 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | João Pessoa | Top 15 | Last Miss Miss Paraíba Be Emotion |
| 2018 | Ana Carla Medeiros | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Campina Grande | Top 15 | |
| 2017 | Larissa Aragão Holanda | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bananeiras | | |
| 2016 | Mayrla Emília Dantas Vasconcelos | 20 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Nova Palmeira | | |
| 2015 | Ariádine Maroja Bezerra de Albuquerque | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Mamanguape | Top 10 | |
| Miss Paraíba Universe |||||||
| 2014 | Larissa Juliane Muniz da Silva | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Esperança | | |
| 2014 | Maria Janaynna Sousa de Oliveira | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Mamanguape | Did not compete | Resigned the title after winning prior to Miss Brazil. |
| 2013 | Patrícia Curvelo dos Anjos | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Sousa | | |
| 2012 | Natália Cristina Oliveira | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Areia | | |
| Miss Paraíba |||||||
| 2011 | Priscilla Medeiros Durand [pt] | | | Conde | | |
| 2010 | Natália Taveira Mota Alves | 22 | | João Pessoa | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2009 | Flora Alexandre Meira Costa | 23 | | Campina Grande | Top 15 | |
| 2008 | Kayonara Walleska de Macêdo | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Araruna | | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 2007 | Roberta Guerra de Brito | | | Centro Universitário de João Pessoa [pt] | | |
| 2006 | Sarah Azevedo Rodrigues | | | | | |
| 2005 | Lílian Vasconcelos de Moura | | | | | |
| 2004 | Isabela Marinho da Nóbrega | | | | | |
| 2003 | Mayana Maria Ramos Neiva [pt] | | | Campina Grande | | |
| 2002 | Vanessa de Abreu Cordeiro -(Vanessa de Souza) | 20 | 1.70 | Jacaraú | 3th Runner Miss BrasilTur | Aclamada Miss Paraíba 2002 pelo missologo Hermany Cruz . In memoria" |
| 2001 | Andréia Aravanos Sarinho | | | | | |
| 2000 | Jorgelane Talma Caires | | | | | |
| 1999 | Juliana Pereira Luna | | | | | |
| 1998 | Íris Bianca Medrado | | | | | |
| 1997 | Carolina Thaís Muller | | | | Top 12 | |
| 1996 | Danielle Albuquerque | | | | | |
| 1995 | Janalívia do Nascimento Carneiro | | | | | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1994 | Humberlena de Albuquerque Chacon | | | | Top 12 | |
| 1993 | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. |
| 1992 | Fabiana Pirro Tavares de Lima | | | | Top 12 | |
| 1991 | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. |
| 1990 | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. |
| 1989 | Amélia Augusta da Cruz Fonsêca | | | | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1988 | Madeleine de Vasconcelos Braga | | | | Top 12 | |
| 1987 | Cláudia Maria Pessoa Jardim | | | | Top 12 | |
| 1986 | Roberta Moreira da Silva | | | | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1985 | Patrícia Moreira da Silva | | | | Top 12 | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1984 | Maria do Socorro Braga de Lira | | | | | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1983 | Josélia Sobrinho | | | Guarabira Futebol Clube | | |
| 1982 | Geusa Maria Moreira de Azevedo | | | Treze Futebol Clube | | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1981 | Virgínia Helena Gomes da Silva | | | | 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 1980 | Jahelina Maria Barbosa Aristóteles | | | | | |
| 1979 | Nadjla Maria Catão Cabral | | | | | |
| 1978 | Ana Maria Araújo da Rocha | | | | | |
| 1977 | Maria da Guia Corrêa Rangel | | | | | |
| 1976 | Teresa Cristina Ferreira de Freitas | | | | | |
| 1975 | Elze Quinderé Camelo | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | |
| 1974 | Dilma Barbosa da Silva | | | Maravalha Praia Clube | | |
| 1973 | Luzenice Santos Bezerra | | | Universidade Autônoma de João Pessoa [pt] | | |
| 1972 | Maria Bernadete Fernandes Martins | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | |
| 1971 | Lúcia Medeiros de Souza | | | GRESSE | | |
| 1970 | Sirlete de Carvalho | | | Campinense Clube | | |
| 1969 | Maria do Socorro Costa Alves | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | Won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1968 | Ilona Pinheiro Dias de Sá | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | |
| 1967 | Maria Laura Lins Vieira de Mello | | | Clube dos Oficiais do 1º GPT E | | |
| 1966 | Zélia Maria Neves de Medeiros | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | |
| 1965 | Cleide Lira Pedrosa | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | Won Best State Costume. |
| 1964 | Rosalma Andrade | | | Campinense Clube | | |
| 1963 | Kalina Lígia Duarte Nogueira | | | GRESSE | | |
| 1962 | Terezinha Arraes de Alencar | | | | | |
| 1961 | Inês Gomes Pessoa | | | Clube Aquático Campinense | | |
| 1960 | Maria das Mercês Morais | | | Clube Astréa | | |
| 1959 | Glícia Coelho Chianca | | | Clube Astréa | | |
| 1958 | Stella Maria Stuckert de Vasconcelos | | | Clube Astréa | | |
| 1957 | Maria Zélia de Almeida Cardoso | | | Alagoa Nova | | |
| 1956 | Margarida Vasconcelos | | | Cabaceiras | | |
| 1955 | Maria Bernadete Silva | | | Esporte Clube Cabo Branco | | |
| 1954 | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. |

### Table Notes

* ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant